Provides that a liability insurer may be sued for and the plaintiff may recover compensatory damages in excess of the limits of the policy when the insurer failed to effectuate prompt and fair settlement of the claim and considered its interests to the detriment of the insured so as to cause the rendering of a judgment in excess of the policy limits.
Asm. William Colton
Sponsored bills
Prohibits unlawful hiring discrimination by employers and employment agencies based upon an individual's unemployment status.
Criminalizes the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft.
Relates to resale of tickets to places of entertainment; provides for the regulation of boxing and wrestling relating to tickets to places of entertainment.
Provides that where children with disabilities are placed in out-of-state facilities, the state shall provide for all special services or programs.
Pertains to confinement of animals for food producing purposes; prohibits any person to tether or confine any pig during pregnancy, calf raised for veal, or egg-laying hen who is kept on a farm for all or the majority of any day in a manner that prevents such animal from lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs and turning around freely; establishes that commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year and/or fine not to exceed $1,000.
Prohibits the manufacture and sale of food products containing azodicarbonamide; establishes civil penalties and an affirmative defense if the person, firm or corporation did not know and could not reasonably have known that the food product contained azodicarbonamide.
Relates to providing parents with the right and authority to exempt their children from taking standardized assessments.
Establishes the green schools New York act, requiring schools to comply with the criteria established in the department's manual of planning standards - appendix: NY - CHPS High Performance Schools Guidelines.
Relates to font size for advertisements.